This post isn't about political opinion or astrology, beyond their places in the Great Library, a note of how mythology echoes, imagery repeats, and a story begun before the first century of the Common Era, returns in a time unimaginable, a land unknown. It may be changed, or distorted, but we are the pattern makers and we have known this story for thousands of years.

Medusa is a monster, but she is made that way due to being violated by Neptune in the Temple of Athena. The goddess then turns her hair to snakes in order to terrify would-be 'suitors.' In some interpretations,it's a punishment, but that's seen through a very patriarchal filter. Without said filter, it's no stretch to see the serpent-locks as a protection, a deterrent. In any case, Perseus doesn't kill the Gorgon for any noble reason. He does it because he owes some king a gift, and the Gorgon's head is the gift demanded, whether she deserves it or not.

Certainly I think it would be horrible to equate Trump with Perseus and the Statue of Liberty with the Gorgon, a very grotesque mirror image. But in a nightmarish way, I can see mutations of the scene, a never dreamed of twist in the tale.

How interesting! Greek mythology is just filled with rape victims who metamorphose in unflattering ways -- bovine Europa, sylvan Daphne -- and you're right: If you take away that patriarchal filter, they become very different stories. Thank you for that insight.

You are very welcome! Yes, it always puzzles me how such a rich body of literature/beliefs has this strangely unsympathetic attitude towards women while Norse mythology, for all its terrifying followers, is far more respectful.